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[ 032 ] we are warriors.

— CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO,
we are warriors.

BELLAMY'S BROWN EYES SLOWLY PEEL OPEN. The darkness of the cold, damp room allows his eyes to adjust much quickly than they would have if it was bright. He blinks when he realizes what's in front of him.

Hanging upside down is a woman. Tubes are attached to her body. Bellamy can't tell if she's dead or unconscious.

He reaches through the bars of the cage and grabs the lock. He snatches and tugs on it in a feeble attempt to break it.

"Shof op. Emo hon daun mon yujon." Comes a voice from his right. He turns to look in the direction of the voice. To his surprise, a woman stares at him from the corner of her small, cramped cage. Be quiet. They take the strongest.

"I can't. . . I don't understand you." Bellamy informs her. Their eyes meet.

"Sky Person?" She asks him and Bellamy nods in confirmation. Bellamy is take off guard when a wad of her spit lands on his face.

Bellamy wipes her saliva off of his face in annoyance before saying, "I take it no one had told you we're not enemies anymore." The Grounder simply moves farther away from Bellamy in her cage. Her glare intensifies. Bellamy ignores as he mutters, "I need to get out of this cage."

"And then what?" The woman can't help but ask in curiosity.

"And then I'll kill everyone in this mountain."

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Jasper and Ryland are absolutely doing something stupid. Even if Maya told them not to, their friends are missing. Monty and Harper. Monty and Harper have both been missing for days. A horrible realization settled on the delinquents that still remain. Their number is slowly decreasing. Their friends keep disappearing.

So Ryland and Jasper have to bring it to President Wallace's attention in the best way they know how. The criminal way.

"President Wallace?" Jasper speaks as the two boys walk into the President's office. The old man glances between them "Can we talk?"

"What's on your minds, sons?" President Wallace asks the two boys.

"Our friends." Ryland answers, his voice is strong.

"What about them?" President Wallace questions.

"Two of them are missing. One of them is Monty. Tell us where they are." Jasper's voice is surprisingly low. It's dangerous. But Ryland understands. Monty is Jasper's best friend, his brother. Ryland would go above and beyond for River and Ruby. Well. . . he would have.

"Jasper, Ryland, I don't know what you're—" PresidentWallace is cut off.

"Stop lying!" Ryland's voice bounces off the walls.

President Wallace's bushy eyebrows shoot skywards. "Excuse me?"

"You lied about there not being any survivors from the Ark. You lied about Maya's accident. I don't even know how many lies you told about Clarke." Jasper shakily says in anger.

"Boys, sit down and we can—"

"No!" Jasper furiously shouts. He snatches the sword off of President Wallace's desk, unsheathing it and pointing the blade right at the old man's throat. "You're gonna tell us the truth."